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Jennifer Barclay lives on the Greek island of Tilos with her dog, writes books and articles, and loves walking, swimming and exploring other islands in the Aegean. She also works as an editor and agent for other writers but gets to take extraordinary lunch breaks.
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Jennifer Barclay
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Griechenland Journal
I was honoured to be interviewed for this German-language magazine all about Greece for their summer 2026 edition – perfect timing for the release of ...
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Blogs and more
After a long break, I’ve finally started posting on my blog again – if you’re interested, you can find it at www.octopus-in-my-ouzo.blogspot.com. You can also ...
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Riding Through War and Peace
Michael Pugh’s magical story of his journey on horseback from Russia to Romania came out in July. Riding Through War and Peace takes the reader ...
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An Island Home and a Salty Dog
Well, I did it – I finished the new book! About six years of Greek island life on Tilos with my dog since I bought ...
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New releases
Bestselling author Katie Carr has written a beautiful book of narrative non-fiction about, as she puts it, ‘sea, weather, family and the quiet work of ...
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Reading the Cyclades
To help mark the 140th anniversary of Theodore Bent’s 1885 book ‘The Cyclades, or Life Among the Insular Greeks’, here I am reading some sections ...
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